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Collision repair and body shops in Somerset County, ME
How Somerset County, ME compares with other counties and the U.S. for collision repair and body shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,136 of 1,327 scored counties
#11 of 12 scored counties in Maine
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $873 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.3
- 39% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 51,620
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Somerset County scores 28 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops, ranking #1,136 of 1,327 scored counties and #11 of 12 scored counties in Maine. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Somerset County comes to about $20.3M a year: $873 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 10 collision repair and body shops, that is $2M per shop, 34% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.
Somerset County has 10 collision repair and body shops on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 4.3 per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 3.1.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Somerset County in 2023. That is one for every 2,579 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Population estimates show Somerset County grew 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Somerset County compares
The same measures for Maine and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle maintenance and repairs by the collision repair and body shops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Somerset County | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.3 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $3.2M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,579 | 3,853 | 3,689 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.5% | −0.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $873 | $876 | $958 |
| Median household income | $58,179 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 28
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in Somerset County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Somerset County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 51,620+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 23,209
- Median age
- 46.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 3,924 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $58,179+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,305
- Median home value
- $166,900
- Jobs located here
- 16,253
- Daytime population
- 42,930Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maine
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cumberland County, ME | 67 | 30 | 2.3 | $3.9M | +4.5% | #276 of 1,327 |
| 2York County, ME | 64 | 21 | 2.3 | $4.1M | +4.8% | #330 of 1,327 |
| 3Oxford County, ME | 63 | 6 | 2.5 | $3.6M | +4.2% | #370 of 1,327 |
| 4Hancock County, ME | 61 | 5 | 2.0 | $4.5M | +3.0% | #401 of 1,327 |
| 5Waldo County, ME | 55 | 5 | 2.9 | $3.2M | +2.6% | #546 of 1,327 |
| 6Penobscot County, ME | 54 | 19 | 2.9 | $3M | +3.8% | #572 of 1,327 |
| 7Kennebec County, ME | 48 | 16 | 2.9 | $2.8M | +3.5% | #701 of 1,327 |
| 8Aroostook County, ME | 32 | 8 | 2.7 | $3M | −0.7% | #1,054 of 1,327 |
| 9Androscoggin County, ME | 31 | 21 | 4.5 | $1.8M | +4.8% | #1,090 of 1,327 |
| 10Franklin County, ME | 30 | 7 | 5.5 | $1.5M | +4.6% | #1,114 of 1,327 |
| 11Somerset County, ME | 28 | 10 | 4.3 | $2M | +2.3% | #1,136 of 1,327 |
Other business types in Somerset County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
- Auto repair and car care23
- Auto repair shops20
- Collision repair and body shops28
- Car washes and detailing50
- Tire shops47
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations36
- Insurance agencies74
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many collision repair and body shops are in Somerset County, ME?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 collision repair and body shops in Somerset County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.
How much do households in Somerset County, ME spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $20.3M a year, or $873 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $2M per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which collision repair and body shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,209 households in Somerset County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Somerset County, ME compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?
Somerset County has 4.3 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $2M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, Somerset County would have about 7, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,579 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.
How fast is Somerset County, ME growing?
Population estimates put Somerset County at 51,620 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,209 households. Median household income in Somerset County is $58,179, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.5%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Somerset County scores 28 for collision repair and body shops (lower middle), #1,136 of 1,327 scored counties.
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